African Design Magazine June 2016 | Page 84

In Closing THE WORLD’S BUILDINGS The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented. Read more about it HERE or watch a video on the building HERE 84 africandesignmagazine.com